Description

SADBERGE CHURCH VIEW NZ 3416 (South side)

15/111 Lych-gate and churchyard wall to Church of St. Andrew

GV II

Churchyard wall and Lych-gate.

1. Churchyard wall. Possibly C18, perhaps incorporating some medieval masonry. Squared sandstone; west wall mainly squared limestone. Large squared sandstone coping stones. Wall encloses rectangular-plan churchyard on all 4 sides. 1.0 to 1.5-metre-tall north section with lych-gate in centre; 2 stone steps on both sides of wall to east of lych-gate. Lower, partly-rebuilt east section has ramp down at north-east corner and gradually increases in height towards rounded south-east corner. 1.5 to 1.75-metre- tall south section has long, rounded south-west corner. West section of similar height has rounded north-west corner.

2. Lych-gate. Dated 1898 on rear tie beam. Oak frame and Welsh slate roof. Gable-fronted. Arch-braced corner posts. Front tie beam, with raised letters MORS AD VITAM VIA, surmounted by cross. Roof has overhanging eaves and verges with wavy bargeboards.

Included for group value. The churchyard partly occupies the once-moated site of the important medieval manor of Sadberge.

Listing NGR: NZ3406716808

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)